How to discredit your group in the eyes of everyone else: skip work, get fake doctors excuses, wave your fist in violent gestures towards the legislators who DID have the responsibility to show up (you are actually beholden to them in their responsible behavior for your ability to insult them this way publicly), chant slogans identical to, or copied from, anti-LBJ rallies of the 60's (thus fusing your image with every radical of the last 70 years), conflate all the logical issues at hand into the hyperbole of freedom or speech and human rights --and after all this, ask to be respected as professionals worthy of the public (including children's) trust and serious consideration.

11:00 am March 6, 2011

Susan wrote:

It is a sad commentary that the WSJ has devoted more coverage to Charlie Sheen than to the recipients of the National Medals of the Arts, and National Medals of the Humanities. Why must this newspaper in its zeal to broaden its readership ignore "the Greats" whose scholarship, writing, musical and other artistic achievements have contributed so much to our cultural life. At least this ceremony got a mention in Washington Wire, even if you erred in implying that there was only one Medal in each of the above categories. One can only hope that these men and women will be remembered longer than Charlie Sheen, even if he has 1.3 million Tweet followers. For those interested, there is coverage of Wednesday's ceremony at: http://www.neh.gov.

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